Breathing-hole
21igloo — /ig looh/, n., pl. igloos. 1. an Eskimo house, being a dome shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow. 2. Informal. any dome shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo: immense silos topped with steel igloos. 3. Mil. a dome shaped… …
22blowhole — 1. Opening in the roof of a cave or cavern through which air is expelled vigorously. In coastal areas the phenomenon is usually due to compression of air within the cave by incoming tides or waves [20]. 2. Cliff top entrance to a sea cave,… …
23shaft — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, adit, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, antenna tower, arch, arrow, arrowhead, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, barb, barbican, barbule, barrel, barrow, base, beam, belfry …
24pore — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. breathing hole, skin hole, orifice; stoma, ostiole, porus; opening. v. i. read, peruse, scan, scrutinize, examine closely; mull over, consider. See thought, inquiry, vision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
25spiracle — spi•ra•cle [[t]ˈspaɪ rə kəl, ˈspɪr ə [/t]] n. 1) zool. a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole; blowhole 2) zool. one of the external orifices of the respiratory system in certain… …
26spiracle — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin spiraculum, from spirare to breathe Date: 15th century 1. a breathing hole ; vent 2. a breathing orifice: as a. blowhole 2 b. an external tracheal aperture of a terrestrial arthropod that in an insect is …
27Botfly — Horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
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29Ringed seal — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN …
30stoma — n. [Gr. pl. Stomata.] 1. Pore (in plants), breathing pore, stomate. 2. Breathing hole (in articulate animals) …
